We no longer have to worry about those so-called “Generic Host for Win32 Process” and “svchost.exe” errors that haunt our Windows XP almost daily (If not cured). Below i will explain what are the symptoms of this evil problem and how easily it can be fixed: :)
Symptoms:
* You are surfing the internet or are engaged any type of Internet activity when suddenly all your Network activity goes to hault. You can still see the Internet connected icon in the tray but you cannot surf, browse or do anything.
* You get an error message something like “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”
* Error message reporting about faulting netapi32.dll and svchost.exe.
* You try to disconnect your Internet because of no activity observed but the Internet icon wont disappear.
* You recieve an error message something like “Your PC has recovered from a serious problem” etc.
Solution:
Follow these simple steps and your Windows will be fully cured of this menace :D
Close Port 445:
1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) by clicking Start menu, and then click the Run icon.
2. In the small box that Opens, type: regedit then click the OK button. The Registry Editor will now have opened.
3. Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters
In the right-hand side of the window find an option called TransportBindName.
Double click that value, and then delete the default value, thus giving it a blank value.
Close Port 135:
1. Then you must now navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE
2. You will see there is a String Value called: EnableDCOM
Set the value to: N (it should currently be Y)
3. Close the Registry Editor. Shutdown and Restart your computer.
Regards,
Manan Saini ...
26 October, 2008
Fix Generic Host For Win32 and Svchost.exe Error
23 February, 2008
Multiple Log In On Yahoo Messenger ...
There are two methods to multiple log in on yahoo :-
Method 1:-
Registry Editing :-
-----------------
If you prefer to edit and change the registry setting yourself manually, simply launch the registry editor :-
Follow these steps:-
Step1:- Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit , hit enter )
Step2:- Goto >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test
Then, on the right pane, right click on the registry editor and select “New”, then create a new DWORD registry value. Name the new registry key as Plural, and assign it the value of 1 (decimal). If some case, the value of 2 should also works. To disable or disallow multiple instance of Yahoo Messengers, simply change and set the “Plural” registry key’s value to 0, or delete the “Plural” key.
===============================================================
Method 2:-
Download Registry File :-
-----------------------
Just download the file and run , no need to do anything :-
File Not Uploaded .. Waiting..
Sorry For inconvience...
Hope u understand.
Enjoy..!!!
Regards :-
Manan Saini.
14 February, 2008
Block The Drives ...
This restriction prevents users from using My Computer or Explorer to access the content of selected drives. Also, They cannot use .
Run, Map Network Drive, or the Dir command to view the directories on these drives.
Step1:- Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit , hit enter )
Step2:- goto >>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer
Step3:- And find or create the DWORD "NoViewDrives" there by right clicking on explorer -> NEW -> DWORD value .
The "NoViewOnDrive" value uses a 32-bit bitmask to define local and network drive access for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z. Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1.
If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):
A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863
For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value should be set to "9".
To disable all the drives set the value to "67108863".
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
Hope U Understand...
Enjoy..!!
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
Change The DOS Background Colour...
The value Default Color controls the foreground and background colors used in command prompt windows.
It has a default value of 0, for standard white text on a black background.CHANGING DOS BACKGROUND.
Follow These Steps :-
Step1:- Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit , hit enter )
Step2:- Go to >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
Step3:- U will find "DefaultColor"
Step4:- Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits .You can replace it's value with a two-digit hexadecimal number, in which the first digit selects a background color and the second a foreground color.
Step5:- The Hexadecimal Value Color Codes are Given Below :-
0 = Black 1 = Blue 2 = Green 3 = Aqua 4 = Red 5 = Purple 6 = Yellow 7 = White | 8 = Gray 9 = Light Blue A = Light Green B = Light Aqua C = Light Red D = Light Purple E = Light Yellow F = Bright White |
Lets Take An Example:-
A value of F0, For Example:- Would give black text on a white background, and 1E would yield yellow text on a blue background.The
change should take effect the next time you open a console window.
If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the
current console window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry value.
The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and Background color that are the same.
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
03 February, 2008
Remove Shortcut Arrows from Desktop Icon...
Follow this :-
1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to the following registry value --> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -- > lnkfile
3. Delete this Shortcut registry value in the right pane.
4. Reboot your PC.
Note: Before editing regisrty take a back up of regisrty.
Enjoy ..!!
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
Some Common Repairing Problems Caused By Viruses...
Many viruses create problems like this :---
... Disabled Run command in Start Menu
... Disabled registry editor
... Disabled Folder Options
... Disabled Task manager
... Hidden Files not shown
► Solution For these Problem are given below:-
Antivirus softwares can't repair these problems and we have to do repair all these manually, here is how to:
Enable Run Command :-
1. Manual Method :-
a. Follow this path :-
Open My Computer –> C drive –> Windows –> System32 –> Locate gpedit.msc file and run it.
b. While you have opened Group Policy look at the left pane and in the User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, select Start Menu and Taskbar now in the right pane locate Remove Run Menu from Start Menu and double click it.
c. Select Disabled in the properties dialogue and press apply then OK.
d. Now close all open Windows you will see the Run has been restored in Start Menu.
OR
Automatic method :-
http://www.box.net/shared/opcfcle03a
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enabling registry editor:-
If u r unable to edit registry and getting an error that u r not the administrator blah blah blah then try the following:-
a. Go to Start->Run
b. Copy and paste this following code there and hit enter:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000
c. Done.
See the screen shot when it is disabled :-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enable Folder Options :-
a. Go to Start --> Run --> type Regedit
b. From the edit tab click "Find" and Type Folder options and search .
c. In the Reg_dword value of folder option change it to 1
OR/AND
a. Go to Start -->Run --> Type gpedit.msc
b. Then: -->User Configuration -->Administrative Templates --> Windows Components --> Windows Explorer-> Removes the Folder Options menu
c. Item from the Tools menu.
d. Right click : --> Properties --> Disable -->Apply.
OR/AND
a. Go to Start --> Run --> type Regedit
b. Flow to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Policy and HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Policy
c. Find into this, if there's any key like that : "disable cmd" or "disable Folder Options" with value=1
Set the value to "0"
Enjoy...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enable Task Manager:-
a. Click Start
b. Click Run
c. Enter gpedit.msc in the Open box and click OK
d. In the Group Policy settings window
e. Select User Configuration
f. Select Administrative Templates
g. Select System
h. Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
i. Select Remove Task Manager
j. Double-click the Remove Task Manager option select Disable
OR/AND
a. Click Start -> Run. Type in regedit and hit Enter.
b. Search for HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System.
c. Look for: DisableTaskMgr. Click on REG_DWORD. Value: 1=Enable this key (disables TaskManager); Value: 0=Disable (actually enables TaskManager)
d. Close RegEdit .
e. Reboot the pc.
or use this:-
its a soft that fixes the Task Manager. just 68kb size
http://www.download3000.com/download_19214.html
See this Image , It shows this error when it is disable ...
Regards :-
Manan Saini.
Hide Users On The Welcome Screen...
Normally when you log into XP, you see the startup screen where you see all the icons for the users who can access. By using this tip you
can hide a desired account from this screen. If you want to log on as this user you have to press Cntrl+Alt+Del twice at the Welcome
screen to make a Windows Security dialog box appear
Here you can type in the user name and password of the hidden account and log in.
1.First we need to open up the Registry Editor. Go to Start/Run and type "regedit" and click OK
2.Navigate to H-KEY\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist
3.Right-click an empty space in the right pane and select New > DWORD value .You'll see the new entry in the right pane of the window,
rename this value the name of the user account you want hidden (exactly how it is listed in the Startup screen, case sensitive) and leave
the value at 0.
4. Close your Registry Editor and restart the PC. When the Welcome screen comes up you'll notice that there's no icon for the hidden user
5.To login follow the methiod as stated above
6.If you want to enable this user again on the Welcome Screen, either double-click the Username value, and change the Value data to 1, or
delete the Username Close the registry editor.
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
How To Set Search all files In WINXP ...
When you perform a search for a file in Windows XP. The default setting is for XP to ONLY return files in the "Search Results" pane - when
they are registered file types to a program on your PC.
In other words if you are looking for a file that is NOT registered with an application on your PC, it will not be found using the default search
settings.
However, you can turn off the default by a quick Tweak of the registry!
Open the Registry editor (type regedit from the Run command) and navigate to:
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\
ContentIndex
Double-Click the value named:
FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions
..and change the value from 0 to 1
Exit the registry editor and reboot!
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
Hide Your Drives ...
1. Go to start-> Run. Or Directly Press "window + r "
2. Type regedit in the bar.
3. Now go to:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF
(Hexadecimal) .Now restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable
display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the
drives again.
Have A Nice Day !
Regards :-
Manan saini.
29 January, 2008
Prevent IE History Being Removed... !!
Follow These Steps :-
1. Open notepad.
2. Copy and Paste Text Below and save as anyname.reg
Double click the file and Click Yes...
you are done!
To Prevent:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To Undo History:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"History"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"History"=dword:00000000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
Missing Status Bar
The registry file will correct this behavior, if your status bar disappears when opening a new IE browser window. However make sure that option is selected - right-click the top Toolbar and select: Status Bar.
If you are still having problems verify the below Registry entries exist and are correct:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
Allow More Than 2 Simultaneous Downloads In Internet Explorer
This is to increase the the number of max downloads to 10.
1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value (a dword) , and then add the following registry values:
“MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server”=Dword:0000000a
“MaxConnectionsPerServer”=Dword:0000000a
4. Quit Registry Editor.
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
Add The Dos Option in the Right click
1. Click Start>Run, type regedit, click Ok and make your way to the
Directory>shell key::
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
2. Right click the shell key and choose New>Key.
3. Name it Dos From Here
4. Right click the new "Dos From Here" key and create another key named command
5. With command selected, double-click Default in the right hand pane.
This will open the Edit String box.
6. If you're using Windows 95/98/Me enter this command as the Value Data
command.com /k cd "%1"
If you're using Windows NT/2000/XP enter this command as the Value Data
cmd.exe /k cd "%1"
7. Click Ok, exit the registry, and you are done.
Screen Shot Here :-
Regards:-
Manan Saini.
